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Drawing, Pichincha at Morning from the Hill of the Temple of the Sun, Quito, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on white paperboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

17.6 × 25.7 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: 2 P 2 2; in graphite, lower left: Pichincha morning / from the Hill del Templo del Sol; in graphite, lower right: 2 - Paramo grass

Cite this object as

Drawing, Pichincha at Morning from the Hill of the Temple of the Sun, Quito, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on white paperboard; 17.6 × 25.7 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-217

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